| Alternative title(s) | Smite: Battlegrounds of the Gods |
| Antiquity game | EAG |
| Release | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Publisher | Hi-Rez Studios, Tencent Games (China) |
| Developer | Titan Forge Games |
| Platform(s) | Windows; Xbox One (2015); PS4 (2016); macOS (2016); Nintendo Switch (2019) |
| Mode | Multiplayer |
| Genre | Massively multiplayer online game; multiplayer online battle arena |
| Setting | Mythological storyworlds, some of which have classical influences |
| Notable charactersB | Achilles, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arachne, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cerberus, Chiron, Chronos, Hades, Hera, Medusa, Nemesis, Nike, Persephone, Poseidon, Scylla, Thanatos, Zeus, Bacchus, Bellona, Cupid, Discordia, Hercules, Janus, Mercury, Nox, Sylvanus, Terra, Vulcan, Charybdis |
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